Numbers 35
1 And the Lord spoke these things also to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, over against Jericho:
And the Lord spak these thingis to Moises, in the feeldi places of Moab, aboue Jordan,
2 Command the children of Israel that they give to the Levites out of their possessions,
ayens Jericho, Comaunde thou to the sones of Israel, that thei yyue to dekenes of her possessiouns,
3 Cities to dwell in, and their suburbs round about: that they may abide in the towns, and the suburbs may be for their cattle and beasts:
citees to dwelle, and the suburbabis of tho bi cumpas, that thei dwelle in `the citees, and the suburbabis be to beestis, and `werk beestis;
4 Which suburbs shall reach from the walls of the cities outward, a thousand paces on every side:
whiche suburbabis schulen be strecchid forth fro the wallis of citees with outforth `bi cumpas, in the space of a thousynde paacis;
5 Toward the east shall be two thousand cubits: and toward the south in like manner shall be two thousand cubits: toward the sea also, which looketh to the west, shall be the same extent: and the north side shall be bounded with the like limits. And the cities shall be in the midst, and the suburbs without.
ayens the eest schulen be two thousynde cubitis, and ayens the south in lijk manere schulen be two thousynde cubitis, and at the see that biholdith to the west schal be the same mesure, and the north coost schal be endid bi euene terme. And the citees schulen be in the myddis, and the suburbabis with outforth.
6 And among the cities, which you shall give to the Levites, six shall be separated for refuge to fugitives, that he who hath shed blood may flee to them: and besides these there shall be other forty-two cities,
Forsothe of tho citees whiche ye schulen yyue to dekenes, sixe schulen be departid in to helpis of fugityues, `ether of fleynge men, that he that schedde blood, fle to tho; and outakun these sixe, ye schulen yyue to dekenes othere two and fourti citees,
7 That is, in all forty-eight with their suburbs.
that is, togidere eiyte and fourti, with her surburbabis.
8 And of these cities which shall be given out of the possessions of the children of Israel, from them that have more, more shall be taken: and from them that have less, fewer. Each shall give towns to the Levites according to the extent of their inheritance.
And tho citees that schulen be youun of the possessiouns of sones of Israel, schulen be takun awey, mo fro hem that han more, and fewere `schulen be takun awey fro hem that han lesse, alle bi hem silf schulen yyue bi the mesure of her eritage, citees to dekenes.
9 The Lord said to Moses:
The Lord seide to Moises,
10 Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: When you shall have passed over the Jordan into the land of Chanaan,
Spek thou to the sones of Israel, and thou schalt seie to hem, Whanne ye han passid Jordan, in the lond of Canaan,
11 Determine what cities shall be for the refuge of fugitives, who have shed blood against their will.
deme ye whiche citees owen to be in to the helpis of fugityues, whiche not wilfuli han sched blood.
12 And when the fugitive shall be in them, the kinsman of him that is slain may not have power to kill him, until he stand before the multitude, and his cause be judged.
In whiche whanne the fleere hath fled, the kynesman of hym that is slayn, schal not mow sle hym, til he stonde in the siyt of the multitude, and the cause of hym be demed.
13 And of those cities, that are separated for the refuge of fugitives,
Forsothe of tho citees that ben departid to the helpis of fugityues,
14 Three shall be beyond the Jordan, and three in the land of Chanaan,
thre schulen be ouer Jordan, and thre in the lond of Canaan;
15 As well for the children of Israel as for strangers and sojourners, that he may flee to them, who hath shed blood against his will.
as wel to the sones of Israel as to comelyngis and pilgryms; that he fle to tho citees, that schedde blood not wilfuli.
16 If any man strike with iron, and he die that was struck: he shall be guilty of murder, and he himself shall die.
If ony man smytith a man with yrun, and he that is smytun is deed, `the smyter schal be gilti of mansleyng, and he schal die.
17 If he throw a stone, and he that is struck die: he shall be punished in the same manner.
If he castith a stoon, and a man is deed bi the strook, he schal be punyschid in lijk maner.
18 If he that is struck with wood die: he shall be revenged by the blood of him that struck him.
If a man smytun with a staf dieth, he schal be vengid bi `the blood of the smytere.
19 The kinsman of him that was slain, shall kill the murderer: as soon as he apprehendeth him, he shall kill him.
The niy kynesman of hym that is slayn schal sle the mansleere; anoon as he takith hym, `that is, the manquellere, he schal sle hym.
20 If through hatred any one push a man, or fling any thing at him with ill design:
If bi haterede a man hurtlith, `ethir schoufith, `a man, ethir castith ony thing in to hym bi aspiyngis,
21 Or being his enemy, strike; him with his hand, and he die: the striker shall be guilty of murder: the kinsman of him that was slain as soon as he findeth him, shall kill him.
ether whanne he was enemy, smoot with hond, and he is deed, the smytere schal be gilti of mansleyng. The kynesman `of him that is slayn, anoon as he findith him, `that is, the sleere, schal sle hym.
22 But if by chance medley, and without hatred,
That if bi sudeyn caas, and without hatrede and enemytees,
23 And enmity, he do any of these things,
he doith ony thing of these;
24 And this be proved in the hearing of the people, and the cause be debated between him that struck, and the next of kin:
and this is preued in heryng `of the puple, and the questioun of blood is discussid bitwixe the smytere and the kynesman,
25 The innocent shall be delivered from the hand of the revenger, and shall be brought back by sentence into the city, to which he had fled, and he shall abide there until the death of the high priest, that is anointed with the holy oil.
the innocent schal be delyuered fro the hond of the vengere, and bi sentence of iugis he schal be led ayen in to the citee, to which he fledde, and he schal dwelle there, til the grete preest die, which is anoyntid with oile.
26 If the murderer be found without the limits of the cities that are appointed for the banished,
If the sleere is foundun with out the coostis `of the citees that ben asigned to exilid men,
27 And be struck by him that is the avenger of blood: he shall not be guilty that killed him.
and is slayn of him that is vengere, he that sleeth him, `that is, the exilid man, schal be with out gilt;
28 For the fugitive ought to have stayed in the city until the death of the high priest: and after he is dead, then shall the manslayer return to his own country.
for the exilid man ouyte sitte in the citee `til to the `deth of the bischop; forsothe aftir that thilke bischop is deed, the mansleere schal turne ayen in to his lond.
29 These things shall be perpetual, and for an ordinance in all your dwellings.
These schulen be euerlastynge and lawful thingis in alle youre dwellyngis.
30 The murderer shall be punished by witnesses: none shall be condemned upon the evidence of one man.
A mansleere schal be punyschid vndur witnessis; no man schal `be dampned at the witnessyng of o man.
31 You shall not take money of him that is guilty of blood, but he shall die forthwith.
Ye schulen not take prijs of him which is gilti of blood, anoon and he schal die.
32 The banished and fugitives before the death of the high priest may by no means return into their own cities.
Men exilid, and fugityues, schulen not mow turne ayen in ony maner in to her citees, bifore the deeth of the bischop, lest ye defoulen the lond of youre abitacioun,
33 Defile not the land of your habitation, which is stained with the blood of the innocent: neither can it otherwise be expiated, but by his blood that hath shed the blood of another.
which is defoulid bi the blood of innocent men; and it may not be clensid in other maner, no but bi the blood of hym, that schedde the blood of anothir man.
34 And thus shall your possession he cleansed, myself abiding with you. For I am the Lord that dwell among the children of Israel.
And so youre possessioun schal be clensid, for Y schal dwelle with you; for Y am the Lord, that dwelle among the sones of Israel.
